Over 24 lakh candidates provisionally shortlisted during job fairs: Jitendra Singh
Press Trust of India | November 28, 2024 | 05:10 PM IST | 1 min read
In the five-year period, 26,83,161 jobseekers and 83,913 employers participated in the job fairs.
NEW DELHI: Over 24 lakh candidates have been provisionally shortlisted during job fairs organised during the last five years, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Singh said 34,809 job fairs were conducted by state employment exchanges/model career centres during the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) as per information available with the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Job fairs are organised as part of the National Career Service (NCS) project under the administrative control of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, he said.
In the five-year period, 26,83,161 jobseekers and 83,913 employers participated in the job fairs and 24,37,188 candidates have been provisionally shortlisted, he added.
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